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Transformational Leadership for Sustainable Development - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

20 September 2016
Marcus Weston shares why new competencies of emotional intelligence, problem solving and critical thinking are crucial for developing the world at work.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia

16 September 2016
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in general, equips workforce with lifelong and technical skills that are required from employers. One of the ways to finance TVET is by setting up a dedicated fund for skills development, known as skills development fund.

Communicating Environmental Protection

7 September 2016
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project in Indonesia is a three-phased project with the objective of setting up 20 million hectares of Marine Protected Areas by 2020. Based on lessons from Phase 1, communication was integrated as a component for Phase 2 and considered critical for…

Communication Strategies for Various Stakeholders

7 September 2016
Key communication strategies employed by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project (COREMAP) Phase II in Indonesia entailed promoting, building, and sharing the COREMAP brand; mobilizing public support for effective coral reef management and positioning the issue as a public concern; and…

National-Level Communication Strategy and Approaches

7 September 2016
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia focused its communication activities at the national level on members of parliament, key law enforcers, and key judicial officials. The communication strategy was developed early as a project requirement as public awareness…

Community-Focused Communication Strategies

7 September 2016
A unique element in the design of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project Phase II in Indonesia was its decentralized model focusing on community-based resource management. This required a substantial investment in social mobilization to organize community groups and foster behavior…

Communicating Environmental Protection

7 September 2016
Rationalizing communication approaches to fit stakeholder needs, interests, and access is crucial for multi-stakeholder projects covering different national, district, and local levels. This report discusses in detail the key communication approaches used by the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and…

Experiences of the G7 Climate Risk Insurance Initiative: InsuResilience

6 September 2016
The G7 Climate Risk Insurance Inititative—InsuResilience—aims to increase by up to 400 million the number of poor and vulnerable people who have access to direct or indirect insurance coverage by 2020. To reach this objective, the initiative will boost indirect insurance while developing and…

What are the Limitations of the Existing Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage and What Could Be Other Options/Solutions Considering the Best Practices Around?

6 September 2016
Forum participants enumerated the limitations of existing financial instruments, which include, among others, a lack of accessible and adequate data and a common understanding about how to characterize loss and damage. Contingency funds are also mostly loan-based. To address these limitations, they…

What is the Role and Importance of Enabling Environments (e.g. Policies/Strategies, Institutions, Capacity) to Effectively Apply Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage?

6 September 2016
Forum participants identified the major stakeholders of financial instruments that address loss and damage. They also discussed strategies and options that can be taken to create an enabling environment for financial instruments.